By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News
LONDON (Worthy News) – Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has conceded defeat in Britain’s parliamentary elections and apologized for his Conservative Party’s worst performance in its nearly 200-year history.
Sunak said he had called Keir Starmer, the leftist Labour Party’s leader and the next prime minister, to congratulate him.
Sunak, appearing tired and sad, noted that the “British people have delivered a sobering verdict tonight,” Sunak said, speaking from his constituency.
Soon after, Starmer said Britain can look forward to the “sunlight of hope” in his victory speech. “Change begins now,” a jubilant Starmer told supporters in central London.
“Across our country, people will be waking up to the news that a weight has been lifted, a burden finally removed from the shoulders of this nation,” he added.
Echoing the speech given by Tony Blair in Labour’s 1997 landslide victory, he said: “We ran as a changed Labour party, and we will govern as a changed Labour party.”
The latest results showed that the leftist Labour Party received an overwhelming majority in Britain’s parliamentary elections, making its leader Keir Starmer, 61, the next prime minister.
The Labour Party was due to receive more than 400 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons. In comparison, the Conservative Party of outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak would only receive just over 100 seats, the worst result on record in the party’s nearly 200-year history.
The next leader will face an uphill battle to restore political confidence amid concerns about the economy, migration, and the ailing national healthcare system.
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